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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Creativity Booster: Collaborate

Is your art/ photography/ design/ writing (fill in the blank
with any creative medium you like) getting to be a recycling of the same
concepts and ideas? Are you looking for something to bump you out of the rut
and into a new realm of creative projects? This creativity booster might be
perfect for you.

Why not try teaming up with someone else to create something
new?

Musical artists do it all the time. They are constantly
teaming up with other singers and musicians to create new songs and fuse their
styles and ideas together. They feature each other on their music albums and
share the work with their fan bases and their listeners discover new musicians
that they like. By teaming up, they bounce ideas off of each other and come up
with things that they wouldn’t have otherwise come up with.

So why is it that artists do don’t the same thing very
often? It seems like creating a painting or a photograph is often a solo
endeavor – something that we tackle on our own. But imagine the possibilities
if you decided to create something with another artist! It’s not something that
you have to start doing all the time (unless of course you really like it) but
it can be an excellent way to get fresh perspective and get your creativity
flowing.

The person that you decide to collaborate with will have a
completely different history, viewpoint, and way of thinking than you do. They
will inevitably approach the project differently than you do, and take it in an
unexpected direction, and you will do the same for them. If you can go with the
flow and play off of each other, you might just create something completely
unique! (Especially if you collaborate with someone who’s style of work is
vastly different than your own.)

It’s definitely worth giving a try – and if you find that
you conflict with the person that you teamed up with, try someone else. It’s
important to find someone that you work well with and you can both let go of
the end result in order to just enjoy the process. The goal isn’t to create a
masterpiece, it is to have fun and discover new ways of creating together,
bouncing ideas off of one another and moving in new directions. (Although you
might just end up creating a masterpiece anyway.)

Give it a try! What do you have to lose? And think of what
you might create… !

About OC Designer Source

OCDesignerSource helps bring beautiful products to California. We also believe that sharing industry professionals on our website and at special networking events is the key to success. When you team with OCDesignersource you are working towards a better future.

The Author

Tien Frogget is a third generation artist with a passion for creativity and beauty. It is the diversity of her experiences and passion for living that fills her creations with unique perspective. She is a fine art photographer and writer for OC Designer Source.
www.TienFrogget.com